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Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Zodiac Aerotechnics, Plaisir, FR;

Inventors:

Stéphane Souques, Abondant, FR;

Daniel Lamourette, Grandchamp, FR;

Assignee:

Zodiac Aerotechnics, Plaisir, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/26 (2006.01); G01F 23/00 (2006.01); B64D 37/00 (2006.01); B64D 37/04 (2006.01); B64D 37/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 23/268 (2013.01); B64D 37/00 (2013.01); B64D 37/04 (2013.01); G01F 23/0069 (2013.01); G01F 23/0076 (2013.01); B64D 37/06 (2013.01); Y02T 50/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fluid gauging system includes a set of fuel level probes and two computation modules adapted for inferring fluid level information based on measurement signals which originate from the probes. In a refuelling operation mode, the probes are distributed into two dynamically configurable subsets, which are separate and assigned respectively to the computation modules for deriving two results for the fluid level independently from each other. Such system has special interests for fuel tank equipment designed for aircraft. A major advantage is a reduction in the total number of fuel level probes which are necessary to obtain reliable results whatever the fuel level and the aircraft attitude and acceleration.


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